Four nights of celebration in Chicago produced plenty of highlights for the Democratic Party faithful. Enthusiasm for Vice President Harris was palpable — even before she took the stage on Thursday night. Her party is desperate to propel her forward after the crisis that culminated in President Biden’s decision to stand aside from his reelection...
CHICAGO — Vice President Harris accepted the Democratic nomination here on Thursday with a speech wrapped in an intense tone of patriotism. But she also took the fight to former President Trump in pugnacious style. Harris has arrived at this point after an extraordinary sequence of events ignited by President Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate...
Vice President Kamala Harris’s acceptance of the Democratic Party’s nomination for president marked the biggest moment of the party’s nominating convention this week, but there were also several highlights leading up to the history-making moment on Thursday. From Harris pitching a big tent party vision to gun rights advocates sharing their stories to a “Scandal”...
Vice President Harris accepted her party’s presidential nomination on Thursday night with a speech that asked voters to write “the next great chapter” of American history. That language pointed to Harris’s extraordinary recent history; she became the nominee after President Biden a month ago decided to not run for reelection and endorsed her. It also...
Former President Trump on Thursday dismissed the notion that Vice President Harris has made gains in the polls, as he reacted to her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention. Trump offered his live reactions to Harris's remarks on Truth Social and called into Fox News immediately after the vice president concluded. Fox News anchor Martha...
Kamala Harris has officially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination, but her acceptance speech lacked substance and contained no vision for America, while her biographical information was reshaped into applause lines and her policy proposals were devoid of urgency or earnestness.
Former first lady Michelle Obama praised Gus Walz, the son of Vice President Harris's running mate Tim Walz, after the 17-year-old went viral for his emotional response to his father's speech at the Democratic National Convention this week. "I was touched to see Gus Walz’s joy when his dad [Tim Walz] took the stage last...
Pop star Pink performed Thursday, the last night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She was joined on stage by several people who helped her sing her iconic song “What About Us?” Alecia Beth Hart Moore, known professionally as Pink, was joined by her 13-year-old daughter Willow Sage Hart. The two, along with Pink’s four...
Former President Trump and Georgia Brian Kemp (R) on Thursday appeared to try and put their lengthy feud in the rearview mirror ahead of November's election. Kemp went on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News, a favorite program of the former president, where he said the focus needed to be on putting Trump back in...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and his wife Barbara on Thursday marked their 70th wedding anniversary at their favorite date spot. “Barbara & I went to the Hickory House in Waterloo when we were 1st dating 2nite we celebrate our 70th wedding anniversary where it all started,” Grassley said in a post on social media platform...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) hammered Donald Trump on Thursday night, accusing the former president of threatening American democracy and destroying the Republican Party as he knew it. In a primetime speech delivered shortly before Vice President Harris took the stage, Kinzinger denounced Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol...
New Taliban laws in Afghanistan would ban women’s voices and bare faces in public, according to a 114-page, 35-article document seen by The Associated Press (AP). The new laws were issued on Wednesday by the militant and political group and were approved by the supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. “Inshallah we assure you that this Islamic...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sought to contrast Vice President Harris with former President Trump, underscoring Harris's time as a prosecutor while calling the former president a “felon.” Warren recounted how the first time she became acquainted with Harris was after the 2008 financial crisis, saying Harris was "protecting families" as California attorney general and "Donald...
Music superstar Beyoncé will perform at the Democratic National Convention before Vice President Harris accepts her party's presidential nomination, two sources told The Hill. Rumors about an appearance by the Grammy-winning artist had circulated all day and for much of the week, but convention leaders sought to keep a tight lid on information. There has...
